by Sebastian Suchecki, Feb 28 2012 // 10:00 AM

It seems the popularity of vampires would be winding down with the over-saturation of the market, but Hollywood is moving away from your modern vampire, as seen in Twilight, True Blood, and The Vampire Diaries, and seems to be looking toward the past to keep the craze going. There has been a sudden explosion of projects based on the classic vampire, Dracula. Names ranging from Adam Sandler to Park Chan-Wook are involved in some kind of story about the classical bloodsucker.
According to Deadline, Sony has purchased a pitch from writer Jason Keller that will tell Dracula’s origin story, with Joe Roth and Palak Patel set to produce. Sony would only admit that they intend to start a period franchise, and with Keller credited for the upcoming Snow White re-imagining Mirror Mirror, that might put two franchises on his plate.
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Tagged: Adam Sandler, Disney, Dracula, Dracula Year Zero, Gary Shore, Jason Keller, Joe Roth, Let Me In, Matt Reeves, Mirror Mirror, Palak Patel, Park Chan-Wook, Snow White, Snow White and the Huntsman, Sony, Stoker, THe Order of the Seven, The Passage, The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, Twilight
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by Diane Panosian, Jul 6 2010 // 1:00 PM

I just saw Knight and Day and in a summer notably lacking in quality, this one stands out as being the worst film in terms of the script and editing. The 2 and a half minute trailer was better than the entire film. In the film a rogue FBI agent, Roy Millerand the FBi, steals a never-ending battery that looks like the generic D Energizer kind. June, a hapless bystander, gets caught up in the action. Together they must keep the battery safe while on the run from arms dealers and the FBI.
In editing class you’re taught that if a movie is well edited then you won’t question the loopholes until hours later when you’re at home, hence the term refrigerator moment. Quite apropos when you consider Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. In Knight and Day, however, I started questioning the flick while it was still playing.
For starters, whenever characters would mention anything of importance, it was never once brought up again or answered in any kind of way. None of the characters had any semblance of a back story. There was no time limit set for the mission, no sense of urgency, and no one saved anything, much less the world. In essence the film lacked discernible goals. This film brings new meaning to the term, “We’ll fix it in post”.
What follows is a list of questions. I would say there are spoilers, but since there are absolutely zero twists, turns, or creativity in the script, there are no spoilers. Anyone who can answer these questions solely based on the film will receive a highly valued, Flickcast Certified No. Prize. Go ahead smarty pants, make my day.
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Tagged: 20th Century Fox, A-Team, Action, Cameron Diaz, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Comedy, FBI, Film, Fox Films, Green, James Mangold, Joe Roth, Knight and Day, Movies, New Regency Pictures, Peter Sarsgaard, Prize, prizes, Spies, Spy, Summer 2010, The A-Team, Tom Cruise, Trailer, Twentieth Century Fox
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